Due to the turbulent hearts of the people, religious sects had the opportunity to flourish.
[3] The 15th Patriarch of Xiantiandao, whose name was Lin Yimi (林依秘) / Li Zhuguan (林祝官) established the Western Hall of Heaven (西乾堂) as a shelter for the members of the Green Lotus sect.
[4] In 1873, Yao Hetian was appointed as the superintendent of the Western Heaven Hall.
[4][5] Yao Hetian became one of the preachers there, and later claimed that he had been given the Mandate of Heaven and founded a new sect.
After Yao Hetian took over the leadership, he made some reforms to the teachings, such as for example the main veneration originally aimed at Yaochi Jinmu, reverted to veneration of Wusheng Laomu as it was during the Great Vehicle sect (大乘教).